The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center will celebrate Week of the Young Child 2026 with special programming dedicated to young children and their caregivers. Activities include:
Enjoy an evening of fun, food, and line dancing featuring special guest Attack Theatre as we close out the Week of the Young Child in style with a movement-based Family Fun Night. Registration is required. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17.
The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center will celebrate Week of the Young Child 2026 with special programming dedicated to young children and their caregivers. Activities include:
Join the Hub & Family Center Staff to help create a special center collage featuring artistic creations and family photos. Visitors should feel free to bring printed photos of their families. The finished collage will be displayed inside the center. The event will run from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
Enjoy an evening of fun, food, and line dancing featuring special guest Attack Theatre as we close out the Week of the Young Child in style with a movement-based Family Fun Night. Registration is required. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17.
The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center will celebrate Week of the Young Child 2026 with special programming dedicated to young children and their caregivers. Activities include:
The Hub is teaming up with special guest Holy Cross Homewood & Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Storymobile for a joint storytime and activity during drop-in play hours. After the activity, families are welcome to stay and play! The event will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15.
Join the Hub & Family Center Staff to help create a special center collage featuring artistic creations and family photos. Visitors should feel free to bring printed photos of their families. The finished collage will be displayed inside the center. The event will run from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
Enjoy an evening of fun, food, and line dancing featuring special guest Attack Theatre as we close out the Week of the Young Child in style with a movement-based Family Fun Night. Registration is required. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17.
The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center will celebrate Week of the Young Child 2026 with special programming dedicated to young children and their caregivers. Activities include:
Join our weekly Storytime at the Hub for a special, fun, food-themed Dinosaur Experience. Raaawr! The storytime will run from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14.
The Hub is teaming up with special guest Holy Cross Homewood & Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Storymobile for a joint storytime and activity during drop-in play hours. After the activity, families are welcome to stay and play! The event will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15.
Join the Hub & Family Center Staff to help create a special center collage featuring artistic creations and family photos. Visitors should feel free to bring printed photos of their families. The finished collage will be displayed inside the center. The event will run from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
Enjoy an evening of fun, food, and line dancing featuring special guest Attack Theatre as we close out the Week of the Young Child in style with a movement-based Family Fun Night. Registration is required. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17.
Indiana County kicked off the Week of the Young Child on April 5 with a proclamation, activities, and a movie screening.
The county’s Early Care and Education Committee (ECEC) of the Children’s Advisory Committee of Indiana County hosted the event, which began at the Indiana County Courthouse.
Providers from LOLA’s Early Care and Education Center, Indi Kids, and Grand Beginnings Children’s Center joined Indiana County Commissioner Michael Keith and state Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-62nd District) for the reading of the proclamation.
Families then headed to the Indiana Theatre for two screenings of the 2024 film “The Wild Robot” with discounted tickets and accompanying crafts.
Trying Together and the Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children (PennAEYC) provided advocacy activities for families, while Commonplace Coffee brought drinks and treats for attendees.
The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center held an open house event on April 7 as part of its Week of the Young Child (WOYC) activities.
The open house was held during WOYC’s Musical Monday and featured Operations Better Block – a Homewood-based community organization that enables residents to assume the primary role in formulating community development goals consistent with their perception of community needs – and Crescent Early Childhood Center.
Activities included a guitar craft, music and dancing, play, food, refreshments, and learning about the work that the event’s visitors provide for the community.
The Hub closed out its collaboration with Playnotes with a Tasty Tuesday Storytime event. On Work Together Wednesday, the Hub celebrated the WOYC with Reading is Fundamental’s Storymobile with a Storytime event that included playing with a parachute. The week was closed out with a Family Movie Night that included a screening of “Moana 2.”
The National Association of the Young Child first established the Week of the Young Child in 1971 as a week to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and recognize early childhood programs and services that are centered around those needs. Increased interest over time led Trying Together to designate the entire month of April as the Month of the Young Child.
ABOUT THE HOMEWOOD EARLY LEARNING HUB & FAMILY CENTER
The Hub supports the early learning needs of young children, families, and early educators in the Homewood community. It offers developmentally appropriate activities for children from birth to age 9, individual group support for parents to set and meet goals for their family, and professional growth opportunities for center-, family-, and home-based early learning programs and relative-providers.
The Hub is a community resource of Trying Together. For more information, contact Toni Beasley at toni@tryingtogether.org or visit the Hub’s website.
The Indiana County Board of Commissioners recently announced a proclamation to declare April 5 to 11 as the Week of the Young Child (WOYC) in the county.
The proclamation is part of the county’s Week of the Young Child celebration event that includes a movie screening and activities.
In the proclamation, the board of commissioners notes that “the early years of a child’s life lay the foundation for future success in school, work, and life, and it is crucial that we ensure all children have access to high-quality early education and care.”
“The Week of the Young Child provides an opportunity for communities to recognize the vital role of early educators, caregivers, and families in supporting children’s development and learning,” the proclamation reads.
It also recommends that local, state, and national efforts to support young children and their families should be developed and encouraged.
The county’s Early Childhood and Education Committee of the Children’s Advisory Commission will offer WOYC activities on Saturday, April 5 at the Indiana County Courthouse and Indiana Theater.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) established the Week of the Young Child in 1971 to celebrate the unique needs and potential of young children as well as to recognize the importance of childhood education. Trying Together later designated April as the Month of the Young Child due to increased interest.
Various organizations, states, and nations recognize several observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and childcare professionals acknowledge and navigate them.
Here is a list of resources for April observances:
Indiana County will kick off the Week of the Young Child in April with an event that includes a movie screening and other activities.
The Early Childhood and Education Committee of the Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County’s Week of the Young Child kickoff will take place on Saturday, April 5 and will begin with a proclamation at the Indiana County Courthouse. This will be followed by a march to the Indiana Theater for Family Day.
Participants will be able to take part in free crafts and a screening of the film “The Wild Robot” for $3. Concessions will be available.
The proclamation will be read at 9:30 a.m. at the courthouse, while crafts will commence at the theater at 10 a.m. Movie screenings will be at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and there will be an additional craft activity at 12:30 p.m.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children is inviting early child care professionals to attend a webinar in April on self-care strategies for early childhood education providers. The webinar is hosted by Walden University.
Week of the Young Child: Self Care for Superheroes will explore strategies to address early childhood providers’ numerous challenges. The three core concepts are mindfulness, thought awareness, and self-compassion. Attendees will gain tools to navigate the current teaching terrain.
The webinar’s objectives are to:
The webinar’s speaker is Sally Arnold, RN, BSN, MA, a registered nurse with a master’s in psychology and extensive mindfulness training.
The webinar will begin at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 10. Registration for the event is now open.
